North Salinas shooting leaves man wounded

A 27-year-old man was shot just after noon Monday as he stood outside in the 300 block of Noice Drive, Salinas police said.

A vehicle slowly approached the victim, and then the passenger fired several rounds at the victim, with at least one striking him in the upper torso, officers said. He was flown to a Bay Area trauma center, and police said his wounds were likely not life-threatening.

The vehicle carrying the shooter was last seeing driving southbound on Noice Drive in north Salinas. It was described as a white, older model, possible Toyota Camry with dark tinted windows. It had a dent on the right front fender near the door and other miscellaneous scratches on the right side. There is no additional information avaialble at this time, but this incident is being investigated as gang-related, police said.